This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. A few days ago I talked to Ava, an Indiana fifth-grader, on the phone. I mean ...

When bestselling author Sally Lloyd-Jones began writing Jesus, Our True Friend: Stories to Fill Your Heart With Joy, her new picture book, she didn’t set out to write a book about friendship. But, she ...

(RNS) — Author Emily Stimpson Chapman discusses the pressures of rewriting the Bible, serving as a bridge between young Catholics and Scripture, and her new sense of being a spiritual mother. (RNS) — ...

I was the first in my circle of friends to get married and start having kids. At first, I felt lonely, but over time, my responsibilities and my friendships evolved. Today I can see that we are all ...